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ERIC Number: EJ245888
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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Is It Really So Hard to Get Young Children Interacting in a Foreign Language?
Dirven, Rene
English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n3 p287-93 Apr 1981
Presents case supporting an interaction-centered approach in teaching second languages to young children by illustrating problems caused by a teacher-centered approach, such as concentration on the referential function of language, fear of error, task-centered learning strategies. (BK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: McLaughlin (Barry)